BaseImage: Ships a configured docker container with all configSets, but without any default cores. This container can be used to spin up your own container and create your cores afterwards with a REST call

FullImage: Ships a configured container, preconfigured with a core for each supported language. This is the easy way to create your solr instance ready with all languages.

Make EXT:solr ready for ApacheSolr 6.1

During the development our integration test indicated that there is a different behaviour in Apache Solr 6.1 compared to 4.10.4.

The format of the spellcheck response was changed and adapted to the latest version

FieldCollapsing only supports string and numeric fields (no text fields). This was documented and adapted in the tests.

The deprecated components in the schemata have been replaced by theire new implementation. The help of our japanese native speakers was usefull here :)

Get value from the statistic recorded by EXT:solr

In EXT:solr you are able to track statistics from the searches that are done in the frontend for a couple of time. Now you can get a value out of this in the backend and see:

Most frequent searches together with the number of hits

Search terms, that are used in the fronted but do not show any hits.

This can help to optimize your configuration and content according to the interests of your website users

UX improvements

During the codesprint we:

Added missing SVG icons

Adjusted CSS to optimize the backend layout

Beyond Hacking

Beside the technical stuff we had a great and inspiring time and took the change to learn more about each other.

And what do 6 hungry developers need after coding?

B33F :)

That’s why we decided to take our dinner on friday at the „Blockhouse Steakhouse“ and afterwards enjoy the music and conversations in the „O Reilly`s Irish Pub“...

How to get it?

With the release of Version 5.1 we will provide the "new backend statistics module" and the „ux improvements“. Beside that, version 5.1, will contain the possibility to configure „document variants“ aka „field collapsing“, which can be used as one approach of de-duplication for solrfal or to render variants of documents.

The integration of Apache Solr 6.1 and Docker images is planned for Version EXT:solr 6.0 that is planned to be released by the end of 2016. You can try it right now, by installing our „solr6-docker“ branch as "technology preview“. We are happy to get your feedback on the current state.